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| العنوان: |
Geochemical evidence for Alberta Oil Sands contamination in sediments remote to known oil sands deposits in Alberta, Canada. |
| المؤلفون: |
McCerery, Rebecca, Esegbue, Onoriode, Jones, Martin, Winter, Kate, McHale, Glen, Woodward, John |
| المصدر: |
Environmental Forensics; Jun2024, Vol. 25 Issue 3, p129-149, 21p |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: |
OIL sands, GLACIAL drift, OIL seepage, GAS chromatography/Mass spectrometry (GC-MS), SEDIMENTS, SEDIMENT transport |
| مصطلحات جغرافية: |
ALBERTA |
| مستخلص: |
Oil spills and natural oil seeps are sources of petrogenic hydrocarbons in soils and sediments. To determine the source of hydrocarbon contamination in the environment the geochemical signature of the contaminant needs to be characterised. Here, we present biomarker and other molecular marker diagnostic ratios of Alberta Oil Sands using gas chromatography-mass spectrometry to characterise the deposits and detect their incorporation in surficial sediments. Diagnostic ratios of steranes, terpanes, and aromatic steroids (e.g. C27, C28, and C29 regular sterane abundance, Gammacerane Index, Ts/Tm, TAS/(TAS + MAS), and MPI-2) were measured in samples of Alberta Oil Sands providing a set of criteria for their identification. Seven surficial sediment samples from central and southeast Alberta were then analysed using these criteria to detect Alberta Oil Sands contamination and other petrogenic and pyrogenic source inputs. Geochemical signatures consistent with Alberta Oil Sands hydrocarbons were identified in surficial sediments in Lamont County and glacial sediments from a moraine in Beaver County. Both sites are in Central Alberta, ∼300 km south of any oil sands extraction sites and natural exposures in northern Alberta, indicating long-distance sediment transport processes mobilised the deposits. These results show that the oil sands have been eroded and transported beyond the boundaries of their current known limits. This is important for understanding sediment transport processes as well as for remediation and reclamation purposes. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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